Skip to content
CBT Nuggets
DemoBook a Demo
MicrosoftAssociate

Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

Standardize your team on Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) with a structured Microsoft training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

Book a DemoAll Microsoft certs
1
Course
1
Practice exam
5
Core skills
$165
Exam fee (Microsoft)
Microsoft Azure / 365 admin team at workstations with PowerShell and identity consoles
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Microsoft)
$165
Courses on path
1
Official source
Microsoft’s official exam page
Exam code
  • MS-700

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
Experience with Microsoft Teams, including managing Teams settings, policies, and integration with other Microsoft 365 services
Recertification
1 year
Testing center

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$165

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) path takes MS-700.

  1. MS-700Managing Microsoft TeamsPractice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $165
    Exam length
    100 minutes
    Questions
    40-60
    Passing score
    700

    Exam blueprint: MS-700

Skills your team builds

Microsoft Teams managementCollaboration solutionsSecurity and complianceIntegration with Microsoft 365 servicesTroubleshooting Teams issues

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    MS-700

    This MS-700 training helps you become a Microsoft 365 Certified Teams Administrator Associate. With practical, expert-led Microsoft Teams training, you can build the skills to plan, configure, and manage Teams environments at scale. You’ll learn network design using Network Planner, implement Microsoft-grade security, compliance, and governance. You'll also learn to manage teams, channels, chats, apps, meetings, calling, and external collaboration. Get comfortable with monitoring performance, automating with PowerShell, generating reports, and troubleshooting issues — all the Teams admin skills you need to pass the MS-700 exam. Don't wing your IT career. Study real-world Microsoft Admin scenarios designed by seasoned IT pros.

    Lalo Nunez
    161 videosPractice exam21h
    Open course

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Microsoft career ladder

Where Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) sits in your team's Microsoft progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    6 certs

    Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

    AI-900

    Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

    DP-900

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)

    AB-900

    Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

    AZ-900

    Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

    PL-900

    Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

    SC-900

  2. Associate level

    13 certs

    Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)

    DP-300

    Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

    AZ-700

    Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)

    AZ-500

    Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)

    MD-102

    Exam MO-310: Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-310

    Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

    DP-600

    Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

    SC-300

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate (MS-721)

    MS-721

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

    MS-700

    You are here

    Microsoft Azure Administrator

    AZ-104

    Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

    PL-300

    Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200)

    PL-200

    Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)

    SC-200

  3. Professional level

    10 certs

    AI Business Professional

    AB-730

    AI Transformation Leader

    AB-731

    Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

    AZ-140

    Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution

    AI-103

    Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

    AZ-400

    Exam MO 211: Microsoft Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-211

    Exam MO-110: Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-110

    Exam MO-210: Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-210

    Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-111

    Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800 & AZ-801)

  4. Expert level

    3 certs

    Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

    SC-100

    Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

    AZ-305

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102)

    MS-102

Customer outcome

Build MS-700 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Microsoft skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

See team pricing

Team capability

Make MS-700 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on MS-700 gives leadership a clear picture of Microsoft skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

Exam
  • MS-700

Frequently asked questions about Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) training for their team.

How does the Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) certification fit into our compliance and governance program?

IT leaders often cite MS-700 when documenting who on the team is trained to administer Teams security and compliance controls, including retention policies, Microsoft Purview sensitivity labeling, data loss prevention and conditional access. CBT Nuggets team reporting provides per-learner completion and completion exports for audit evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to your framework.

Who on the team should hold MS-700, and what can a certified team own?

MS-700 fits the Microsoft 365 administrators, collaboration support staff and help desk leads who run Teams day to day. A certified team can own Teams network planning and QoS, team policies and Microsoft 365 Groups, external collaboration settings, licensing for Teams accounts and devices, and Teams Rooms management, with Entra access reviews, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph for administration at scale.

What does CBT Nuggets Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Microsoft's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on MS-700?

The linked CBT Nuggets courses total about 21 hours of video. The actual timeline depends on each engineer's starting point with Microsoft 365 and Teams administration and the time the team can set aside for the training.

What if Microsoft updates the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Microsoft course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Microsoft restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Ready to Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)-certify your team?

Build Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) training across the team — a practice exam and reporting included.

Book a Demo